Earliest Use of Paired Crescent Moons on Solingen Blades

Jim McDougall Earliest Use of Paired... 4th April 2015, 03:44 AM

ulfberth Hi Jim, in auction 69 in... 4th April 2015, 07:41 AM

ulfberth and this one with the moons... 4th April 2015, 08:10 AM

kronckew single moon engraving: ... 4th April 2015, 09:00 AM

Iain Good idea to split this out... 4th April 2015, 11:03 AM

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Norman McCormick Hi, Paired crescent moons... 6th April 2015, 09:10 PM

Norman McCormick Hi, More scattered... 6th April 2015, 09:13 PM

ulfberth Hi Norman, that is a very... 7th April 2015, 08:11 AM

Norman McCormick Hi Ulfberth, ... 7th April 2015, 06:14 PM

Jim McDougall Thank you so much Norman and... 7th April 2015, 07:41 PM

ulfberth Hello Norman, good point... 9th April 2015, 06:17 AM

Jim McDougall Well said! and indeed Norman... 9th April 2015, 08:36 PM

ulfberth Hi all, I found another... 16th April 2015, 08:56 AM

Iain Not seeing an image. :) 16th April 2015, 11:48 AM

ulfberth :o 16th April 2015, 11:56 AM

Jim McDougall Ulfberth, thank you so much... 16th April 2015, 03:29 PM

Jim McDougall I wanted to note that the... 16th April 2015, 03:38 PM

cornelistromp No, this does not mean that... 16th April 2015, 06:49 PM

kronckew form follows function. 16th April 2015, 07:18 PM

Iain Hi Jasper, agreed, however... 17th April 2015, 08:26 AM

cornelistromp you do not see them often,... 17th April 2015, 08:40 AM

Jim McDougall Actually the point has not... 17th April 2015, 04:16 PM

peserey There are a Shasha of my... 21st April 2015, 08:10 PM

fernando Welcome to the forum, peserey... 22nd April 2015, 07:58 PM

peserey Thank you . yes I am also... 22nd April 2015, 09:21 PM

Jim McDougall Peserey, thank you so much... 27th April 2015, 04:25 AM

peserey Thank you. We have our family... 27th April 2015, 11:13 AM

kronckew 'nother set of paired... 27th July 2015, 10:29 AM

Jim McDougall Thank you for entering this... 27th July 2015, 10:21 PM

ulfberth Hi All, so far the... 1st August 2016, 01:19 PM

ulfberth Here is a very similar hand... 1st August 2016, 01:26 PM

cornelistromp amazing beautiful sword !!!(... 1st August 2016, 03:24 PM

ulfberth Thanks Jasper ! And yes that... 1st August 2016, 04:05 PM

cornelistromp there is also a later member... 1st August 2016, 06:39 PM

ulfberth I don't know were Hermann... 1st August 2016, 07:44 PM

Jim McDougall Thank you for posting these... 2nd August 2016, 02:57 AM

blue lander I'd like to throw this odd... 2nd August 2016, 03:44 AM

Jim McDougall Actually no confusion at all!... 2nd August 2016, 04:06 AM

blue lander Are there other examples of... 2nd August 2016, 04:43 AM

Jim McDougall It is hard to imagine what... 2nd August 2016, 06:02 AM

ulfberth Hi Jim, This is also what... 2nd August 2016, 09:50 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Excellent thread ...To which... 4th August 2016, 11:32 AM

ulfberth Salaams Ibrahiim, Thank... 4th August 2016, 12:20 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi I found these ~ Some... 4th August 2016, 02:11 PM

ulfberth Hi Ibrahimm, that Nimcha... 4th August 2016, 03:24 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Ulfberth I agree on all... 6th August 2016, 07:56 AM

Jim McDougall Ibrahiim, it truly is hard to... 4th August 2016, 06:34 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Hello Jim, and I welcome your... 6th August 2016, 08:13 AM

Jim McDougall Very well noted Ibrahiim!!... 6th August 2016, 09:28 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Indeed Jim and I note on... 15th August 2016, 02:10 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi :) 15th August 2016, 02:10 AM

Jim McDougall Hi Ibrahiim, Actually that... 15th August 2016, 06:13 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Thanks Jim, Also interesting... 17th August 2016, 12:06 AM

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16th April 2015, 03:38 PM	#11
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,281	I wanted to note that the excellent example of court sword posted by Norman in #14 on its blade has the blade motif, using these kinds of magic/occult motif in what is often termed the 'Caissignard' style, which originated or was typical in Nantes, France.